Reading Response

Romeo And Julliet is a story written by William Shakespeare about, 2 enemies from different houses, Montagues and Capulets, that fall in love. Romeo first met Julliet when Romeo went to a Capulets party, they both kissed but they both didnt know that they were enemies.

When Romeo and Julliet found out about eachother, they were obviously worried, but they were in love, Romeo and Julliet is a book about a 13 year old and a 17 year old that are in love and their families are enemies so they fight to death.

Romeo and Julliet both know that they can't be together, Romeo told his father about his love for Julliet and how he cannot stop loving her, and Romeo's father was furious and was not happy with this fact, He told her to fall in love with someone else, and Romeo knows he cannot do that.

I think that Romeo is going to end up putting his life in danger because he seems like the kind of person to do that, he started a conversation with Julliet and he ended up kissing her, so i feel like he is going to get hurt in some way before Julliet is.

Julliet seems like the girl that obeys her parents and does whatever her parents tells her to do. Her parents want her to be with Paris, and she said that she would try, she would never disobey her parents, she seems like a kind child, softhearted, and on the other hand, Romeo cant "control" his "love" for Julliet, he loves her very much.

This is a one of a kind and unique story, Shakespeare must have done alot of thinking and put alot of thought into this.

I Wonder.

August Pullman, the main character of Wonder, has been deformed for his whole life. He's gone through about 35 surgeries, with no avail. August has been homeschooled his entire life, by none other than his mom. After August's mom, cannot teach him any longer, due to her struggle in math, August is informed he has to go to a public school. With people. People who aren't deformed like him.

At first, August is scared of the outcome. When August arrives at the school, his principal has to inform the other students to be kind and gentle with him. Therefore, August has 3 "friends," in which the first one is rude, the second one pities him, and the third one is Jack, his true friend, who finds August's personality unique and special.

This connects to the outer world, because there are millions of kids out there, who have their lives exactly like August Pullman's. People who are deformed, like August, are bullied, discriminated, suicidal, and have very tough lives. People who are like August, hide their faces, and shy away from the outer world, due to the discrimination. People like August need to be handled with care, and kindess, in order for them to live a life like normal people. Deformed people are usually suicidal because they end up being bullied and teased so much, they want to end it. Its absurd how judgmental people can get, because somebody else is different. Nobody, nobody at all should have to go through a life like that.

There are many charities for people with deformed faces, although it's very expensive to completely treat a deformed person, like August, who's had about 35 surgeries, with no luck.

These people have special needs and it is not their fault they were born like that, and we have to respect that and care for them. "You have to be compassionate about people with health issues" - Ms.Evers (eighth grade science teacher)